Maslow

I've been thinking a lot about Maslow's hierarchy of needs lately, and how it seems to be a constant struggle for those who are disabled to achieve basic needs, much less self-actualization.

I recall my naivety while reviewing this model in college & thinking that society was constantly learning and improving and we were striving to meet the needs of all of our people. It's 30 years later and I'm still trying to get the first 4 cylinders of this thing to fire in unison.

Facebook

These notices are Facebook's Gestapo informing me that linking to this blog violates their community standards for spam.

Alright. Where do I put my complaint about Facebook violating privacy standards?

Travel Kit

This item took a bit longer to arrive from Amazon, but I'm not really complaining. I need to organize the profusion of cables and accessories better so my solution is two-fold. I'll put like-with-like and keep the Samsung tablet & its peripherals together, and research another case for the stragglers. Up next, researching a power brick.

Why No Sort, Google?

I had a flat text file when I exported my Groceries list from Microsoft To-Do & in order to make it work efficiently in Google Keep as a checklist, I needed to do a lexicographic sort, which I neglected to do the first time. It takes too long to find a specific item in an unsorted jumble as you can imagine.

After fixing that I then had Keep add check boxes to each element in the list and voila, a cleaner shopping list. Much better. I wish Keep had a tool to sort alphabetically, however I managed to make it work for me. That enabled me to uninstall Microsoft To-Do & One Note - which saved me not insignificant storage on a Pixel phone that doesn't have expandable storage. I don't like that trend.

Pride Month

Time for some advocacy. If the thought of people with disabilities having sex makes you squeamish, go look at something else.

The label LGBTQIA++ & the month long #Pride corporate lip service doesn't matter if Persons With Disabilities aren't included. It's difficult to FEEL pride & camaraderie when nobody wants anything to do with them. #PWD need love & have needs, too. Cheers.

Focus

What makes a blog nowadays? I thought it was just words at one point, however you can also have video and comment sections. I don't know how far I want to go with this yet; it's currently a place I can talk about things that interest me, without polluting my social timelines with my carefully curated ramblings. Aren't you fortunate that you found this page?

Anyhow, this blog will have a niche focus on the joys and challenges of being hard of hearing (HoH). However, sometimes I diverge & I need an outlet - some place to put my thoughts! I'm investigating the idea of YouTube videos, but I do not know if I could sustain the demand of something like a YT channel. I haven't tried anything yet, though.

I need to teach my old school PS/2 trained hands where to go when typing on this Bluetooth keyboard that I am finally getting some use out of, and not rely on Gboard keyboard shortcuts. Another adjustment is a return to flow writing, where I let the errors fall where they may and I don't stress about wasting paper. And no, I'm not showing my age - vinyl records aren't the only things coming back, I see faux-leather bound journals, manual typewriters (like the ones I learned to type on back in the late 70s) while out in public, and social media posts about Calligraphy pens.

It is also commonplace to have a comments section. I was considering it but for once in my life, I'd like to say: "No, my thoughts are valid and I require a place to put them without the fear of push-back or censorship" - so no comments for now.

Look at that - that was a completely unhurried, uninterrupted train of thought that I successfully composed & posted. That felt nice.